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Caribbean-Latin America
Colombian army operation kills five rebels
2021-07-06
Translated via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] At least five Bad Guys were killed in a major military operation that began in southeastern Colombia, the Colombian army's press office reported on July 5.

We are talking about members of the "Second Marketalia" group, which consists of former fighters of the rebel organization "Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia
FARC or FARC-EP, is either a Marxist-Leninist revolutionary guerrilla organization or a drug cartel based in Colombia. It claims to represent the rural poor in a struggle against Colombia's wealthier classes, and opposes United States influence in Colombia, neo-imperialism, monopolization of natural resources by multinational corporations, and the usual raft of complaints. It funds itself principally through ransom kidnappings, taxation of the drug trade, extortion, shakedowns, and donations. It has lately begun calling itself Bolivarian and is greatly admired by Venezuela's President-for-Life Chavez, who seemingly fantasizes about living in the woods and kidnapping people himself. He provides FARC with safe areas along the border.
" (FARC). The army attacked their camp in the village of Guayaba (municipality of San Vicente del Caguan).

For the attack, the military used ground units and aircraft. During the operation, two members of the group were also captured. Weapons and ammunition were seized from them.

As reported by IA REGNUM , in mid-May, former FARC leader Jesus Santrich was killed in Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south...
. The rebel's associates blamed the Colombian military for his murder.
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